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a little hooked ; nostrils linear, oblique ; feet four- 

 toed, cleft. 



TANTALUS, (ibis,) bill long, subulate, roundish, 

 subarched ; face naked ; tongue short, broad ; 

 jugular pouch naked ; nostrils oval ; feet four-toed, 

 pulminate at the base. 



PLATALEA, (spoon-bill,) bill long, thin, the tip 

 dilated, orbicular, flat ; nostrils small, at the base 

 of the bill ; tongue short, pointed ; feet-four toed* 

 semi-palmate. 



CORRIRA, (racer,) bill short, straight, without 

 teeth ; thighs longer than the body ; feet four- 

 toed, palmate, the hind toe not connected. 



Section D. Long-bill. 



SCOLOPAX, (snipe, woodcock, curlew,) bill 

 roundish, obtuse, longer than the head ; nostrils 

 linear ; face covered ; feet four-toed, hind toe 

 consisting of many joints. 



RECURVIRO&TRA, (yelper, scooper, avoucet,) bill 

 depressed, subulate, recurved, pointed, flexible at 

 the tip ; feet palmate, four-toed, the hind toe not 

 connected, very short and placed high up ; nos- 

 trils narrow, pervious ; tongue short. 



Section E. Long-toed. 



PAIIRA, (jacana,) bill tapering, somewhat ob- 

 tuse ; nostrils oval, in the middle of the bill ; front 

 covered with lobate caruncles ; wings spinose. 



VAGINALIS, (sheath-bill,) bill strong, thick, co- 

 nic-convex, upper mandible covered above with a 

 moveable horny sheath ; nostrils small, before the 

 sheath ; face naked, papillose ; legs strong, four- 

 toed ; naked above the knees ; claws grooved. 



